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from his base unless attacked, but he
now found himself By the mere foEce
Of circumstance committed to one, says
Gen. Henry j. Hunt. writing ia the
Century of the battle OF Gettysbura.
If It must take place, the sooner the
better. HIS army was now nearly all
on the ground. and delay, while it could
not improve his own position, would
Certainly better that Of his antagonist.
Longstreet, indeed urged Gen. Lee in
stead Of attacking to turn Meade's left,
and by interpreting between him and
Washington and threatening his com
lnunlcauons, to force him TO attack the
Confederate army IN position; but Gen.
Lee probably saw that Meade would be
under no such. necessity; would have
no great difficulty In obtaining supplies,
d-disregarding his clamor from
Washington-eOuld play a waiting game
which 1t would be impossible for Lee
to maintain IN the open country. He
could not advance on Baltimore or
Washington with Meade in his rear,
nor could his army subsist itself in a
hostile region which would soon swarm
with additional enemies. His communi-
cations would be cut OF, for his recon-
n1endatiOn to assemble even q small
army at Culpepper to cover them and
aid him had not been complied with
A battle was a necessity to Lee, and
defeat would be more disastrous to
Meade and less so to himself at Gettys-
burg than at any point east Of it. With
the dehles of the South mountain
range close IN his rear, which could be
easily held by a small force, a safe re-
treat through the Cumberland Valley
me- ANarA
through the passes would be practically
on the banks of the Potomac, at a point
already prepared for crossing. ANY
position east of Gettysburg would de-
prive him of these advantages. It is
more probable that Gen. Lee was in
hueneed by cool calculation of this
nature than by hot blood, o. that the
opening success of a chance battle had
thrown him of his balance. Whatever /
his reasons. he decided to accept the /
gage Of battle offered by Meade, and to |
attack as soon as practicable. EWeu /
had made arrangements to take pos /
session of Culp's Hill in the early morn |
ing, and his troops were under arms 1
for the purpose by the time Gen Meade /
had finished his moonlight inspection |
of his lines, when il was ascertained by |
a accommodating party sent ont by /
j Crimson that the hill was occupied and |
its defenders on the alert; and further, |
from a captured dispatch from Gen. /
Sykes to Gen. Slocum. that the Fifth |
Corps was on the Hanover road only |
four miles of, and would march at 4 a. /
N. for Culp's Hill johnson thereupon !
deferred his attack and awaited Ewells /
instructions.
Gen. Lee had, however, during the !
daAo7-ve,=r.o1
left with LongstFeet's CORPS, and now 1
instructed Ewell, so soon as he heard /
Longstreet's guns, to make a diversion /
In his favor, to be converted, if Oppor- /
tunitY offered. into q real attack.
The Life Of a King and Queen.
First OF all, says a writer in the /
Queen, in the course of an article on /
Humbert and Margaret at Florence.
her Majesty occupied an exquisite suite /
of apartments In the Pitt Palace, in |
the quarter known as the "Aparta- |
mentO della StOfe, from the splendid /
draperies and hangings with which 4
they are adorned. But 1t seems that /
the disposition of furniture IN the Blue /
Room, which she chiefly occupied, did /
not quite please her taste. She had |
brought with her four waiting women
from Mona, and In a few hours after |
her arrival at Florence the aspect of !
the Blue Room had been entirely !
altered under the Queens personal |
superintendence. The F1orentine court
chronicler continues: @The Queen /
rises every morning at precisely half
past seven. She never fails to take q
bath Gan English journalist might pos
sibly have thought this detail super |
huous), and then is attired in an eIe- !
giant matinee until 9, the hour at which !
the King joins her to take a morning |
cup of tea. After this she changes her |
dress and goes to her piano, where she /
always passes some time IN sing
ing and accompanying herself In /
some Of the romances most In vogue. |
Thence she passes to her Writing-desk, |
or answering private letters. /
and afterWard glancing through the !
papers. Eleven is the h our
of the family breakfast, at which the
King always presents himself, general !
y accompanied by his son. Four dishes |
only are served, and the wines are ex-
clusiveiy Italian. Queen Margaret, by !
the way, frequently does honor to her |
Saxon blood by taking beer at this re-
past. After breakfast comes a fresh |
change Of toilet, followed by q recep- !
ton of the ladies of honor, and those |
persons to whom the Queen may have /
gwen appointment for an audience. ]
She always converses pleasantly IN this |
feminine circle until O'Clock, at which /
hour she drives out into the city, visits /
the public park some public institu- I
tlon Of charity, and generally some ar |
lists studio. At half-past the royal |
family dine, admitting to their table /
the most intimate members of their |
court, and the circle is slightly en- /
larged after dinner, the time being /
passed IL conversation until half-past /
10, or at the latest II, at which hour 4
Quesa Margaret retires to her own 1
apartment. An exception is, of course,
made to the latter rule on the days on |
which there are state dinners, or some i
opera or theater to be attended in the
evening"
The King and Queen had not made
any considerable stay IN Florence since i
their bridal day, if I am not mistaken,
and the people did not know how to [
make enough Of them. The King was
on foot from morning to night trying to /
content every one, but first visiting the i
hospitals and public institutions for the
sick and poor, as Is his custom. King
Humbert is by nature a shy man, and
has a dry, reserved manner. but he has
a most singular power Of putting him
self IN sympathy with the poor and suf-
feEing, and with young children; it 4
seems as if they and he understood each /
other without many words. The fol-
lowing dialogue Is textual: The King i
vas visiting the wards Of the Children's
infiEmary, and speaking to nearly all the
patients. One pale little sufferer fol-
lowed him Wistfully with her eyes, and